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James Turrell

1943 - Today

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James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Turrell has received more than 1,147,705 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Turrell is the 973rd most popular painter (up from 1,091st in 2019), the 3,193rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,830th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Painter.

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  • 54.43

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, James Turrell ranks 973 out of 2,023Before him are Olga Boznańska, Boris Vallejo, Apollodorus, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Ambrosius Holbein, and Will Sampson. After him are Gaspar Becerra, Aleksander Orłowski, Philip de Koninck, Raden Saleh, David Teniers the Elder, and Roger Fry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, James Turrell ranks 225Before him are Georgi Asparuhov, Jil Sander, Lauren Hutton, Terry Venables, Shlomo Ben-Ami, and Richard S. Hamilton. After him are Marika Green, Stanley Fischer, Jimmy Wang Yu, Sani Abacha, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, and Nolan Bushnell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Turrell ranks 3,193 out of 20,380Before him are Zoe Saldana (1978), Frederick William Franz (1893), Diane Ladd (1935), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), Will Sampson (1933), and Norman Finkelstein (1953). After him are Jelly Roll Morton (1890), Reggie Jackson (1946), Divine (1945), Anne Ramsey (1929), Bill Nunn (1953), and Margaret Fuller (1810).

Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, James Turrell ranks 37Before him are Beatrice Wood (1893), Henry Hill (1943), Gutzon Borglum (1867), Grandma Moses (1860), Allan Kaprow (1927), and Will Sampson (1933). After him are Lee Krasner (1908), Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823), Winslow Homer (1836), Franz Kline (1910), Benjamin West (1738), and Evel Knievel (1938).